Women need to play a major role in the development of AI at organisations, the chief executive of IBM UK & Ireland has said. Without their involvement there were risks around how AI would serve organisations effectively, she said.

Dr Nicola Hodson was introducing research that sought to establish ways of ensuring more female leaders played an active role in the AI revolution. She warned that it was vital that AI systems were human-centred and trustworthy, with robust governance, and added that female involvement in leadership was not a diversity tick-box exercise but a strategic imperative.

Among the findings of the Female Leadership in the Age of AI UK report were that almost half (48%) of UK business leaders admitted to needing more support on skills development and learning in AI, with 44% wanting more opportunities to experience AI in action.

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